Elmira school board accepts libel deal in Gosden suit

10:42 PM,
Jan. 23, 2013

Robert Gosden

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Bob Jamieson

The Elmira school board agreed Monday night to accept a settlement to a libel and slander suit brought against it and two board members by Robert Gosden, its former assistant superintendent of management services.

The deal calls for paying Gosden $15,000 in a civil suit in which he sought $4.2 million in damages. The suit was brought against the district and board members Dan Hurley and Lynn Grottenthaler in 2009. A trial was scheduled to start Jan. 14 in state Supreme Court, but a settlement was reached.

The Star-Gazette had filed a Freedom of Information Law request for terms of the ...